What: 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock Hobby Hybrid basketball cards
Arrives: Nov. 11
Box basics: Four six-card packs per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Hoops gets a late-season update and run with a premium feel and some freshened looks at NBA newcomers and some rarities that will command collector attention. Oh, and it's on Optichrome stock.

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What: 2020 Panini National Treasures NASCAR cards
Arrives: Dec. 9
Box basics:  Four autographed cards, three memorabilia cards and one booklet per nine-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the track for the first time since 2017 with this release that will showcase nearly nothing but hits -- all featuring NASCAR's past, present and future stars.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2020-21 In The Game Used Hockey cards
Arrives: December
Box basics: Five memorabilia or auto-mem cards per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Hockey legends' rare memorabilia can come into collectors' hands once again with some rare pieces and also autographs in play for this high-end release.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images released so far.

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The box: 2017 Topps WWE Then Now Forever (aka Topps WWE Series 2) wrestling cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing Today: NFL chatter and impressive collections being shown off, new Panini soccer cards and more in today's edition.

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This one is a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's perhaps something to ponder.

This time? MLB postseason players to watch on cardboard

Shane Bieber -- SP, Cleveland Indians
This year's most-dominating pitcher took home the Triple Crown when the season ended and he's got tonight's must-win game against the Yankees and their top arm, Gerrit Cole. Bieber's got just three Rookie Cards and that makes for some added volatility -- 2018 Topps Update and Topps Chrome Update and then Panini Spectra, which was found in boxes of 2018 Panini Chronicles. Those are also sets loaded with other hobby-favorite rookies -- so they are in demand and not cheap. His first autographed cards also arrived that year in Bowman Chrome, while his first prospect cards dropped in 2017 ... but without ink so there's not anything earlier to truly trump the 2018 stuff. His basic cardboard is pretty cheap big-picture, but his rarities and early autos are not -- and tonight's the night that is a key to them all. If they lose, the hype goes elsewhere. If they win and make a run? Watch out ... "Not Justin" will just get hotter.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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What's Buzzing Today: Heavy MLB and NFL chatter, vintage talk and big pulls power today's edition.

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Normally with items I've collected for this Collecting Game-used series what you see above is an image of an item in use with definitive photo-matched proof that the item I've found was in Player X's hands on X date.

In this case? Well, this 2014 Topps Alex Avila card shows him with a bat that could be the one I have ... or it may not be. There's no definitive proof here, but the start of the wear and tear on the top of the bat -- cropped off on the card -- that can be seen on this card's original photo taken by MLB Photos' Mark Cunningham on Aug. 3, 2013, in Detroit could be the start of things.

Why do I say could? Like many of Avila's sticks, my bat got used and abused. Like really used and abused. I'm not sure what his routines are or whether his best bats got used for all aspects of play (games and BP) but the bat I landed earlier this year was absolutely mashed -- and it's unlike any I have ever seen in person or have in my stash. It's also a bat that could have survived the off-season, too, based on images I have examined from July 30, 2013, and forward. Why do I say that? Well, that's this merely this bat's born-on factory date.

Keep reading to see the details in this month's CGU piece.

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The box: 2018 Panini Prizm NASCAR cards (blaster box)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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The Item: Bryce Young 2020 Leaf Metal All-American patch auto (/12)
The Price: $695 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: The Alabama Crimson Tide's season began this weekend and the freshman QB that has plenty of expectations in a world after Tua Tagovailoa got some playing time as part of a big win. He's not the starter and didn't light things up in his first taste of the field that counts, but that doesn't matter when it comes to the demand for his cardboard in this prep All-American set. He appears on more than 60 different cards in the release with many of them low-volume creations and he's easily among the priciest cards of players in the set so far (hit that link below). The release is largely a hits-driven affair so the box prices are pretty strong and there is risk with a deep, deep checklist but notables like this guy are big deals when you find them. This is pretty much the only way to prospect football until players' NFL cards arrive so once players are bonafide big names in college there is only one place to look ... these cards.
Similar Pieces: 2020 Leaf Metal All-American autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2020 Leaf Metal All-American boxes

Keep reading for a few more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

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Are you struggling with the card economy right now? If so, you're probably not alone but things should (hopefully) get closer to "normal" in the coming months or next year.

That key piece of everything -- supply and demand -- is a big part of pretty much everybody's collecting existence right now whether they are a collector, a flipper or a dealer. Finding boxes is a challenge. Affording boxes? Probably a challenge for many, too. Demand for seemingly everything new in wax form is partly elevated due to hot new players like Zion Williamson, Luis Robert and Joe Burrow and then young veterans such as Patrick Mahomes, Luka Doncic and Ronald Acuña Jr. Old guys like LeBron James, Tom Brady and even Michael Jordan have had their moments this year in different ways, too, with all of their successes and then their card sales drawing attention. Also fueling things are returning collectors, new collectors, bot-buyers scooping up plenty of stuff and holding it all, and, of course, all of this is exacerbated by the coronavirus putting a dent in manufacturers' ability to flat-out make more cardboard for a few reasons.

So, why does a three-year old Sasha Banks wrestling card from Topps appear here? Here's one tale of trying to collect in 2020.

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The box: 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery from what was in this one.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, a worn-out debate, some energy for MLB gaming, NFL chatter and wrestling's Mount Rushmore.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but NFL stuff in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks and big pulls in today's edition.

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It started as a hobby and it became a near-instant sell-out.

It's the 2020 United States Congress Trading Cards set and it's what you would expect by that name -- cards for 100 U.S. Senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives. It's a recent release from Fascinating Cards, a company created by 43-year-old collector Eric Paulson in the last year.

"I've been a card collector since I was a child and have thousands of baseball and football cards. I'm also kind of a nerd, so I've always been interested in non-sports cards like Star Wars and TV shows," Paulson said. "About 10 years ago, I came up with the idea to produce my own set of cards featuring the United States Congress, since I'm interested in politics and thought it was a neat idea for a trading card. I got as far as designing a card in Photoshop and having some proofs made, but as a father of three toddlers, the costs and time needs were too great, so I put it on the back-burner. Now that my kids are grown and I run a successful web-development business, I was finally able to follow through on my passion project."

He did all the work himself -- more on that shortly -- and it turned out to have plenty of interest.

"Within two weeks I sold out nearly my entire stock," he said. "I've had journalists contact me to do interviews and requests for individual cards for Senators to pose with. And best of all, I've had high school social studies teachers ask if they can use the cards as a teaching aid. How cool is that?"

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The box: 2020 Donruss NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this one.

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One key component of any high-end Topps Transcendent Collection box is that party invite that lets the owner meet legends and pick up plenty of SWAG at a key event.

And in 2020 Topps there was the Celebration of the Decades event that promises to be a big deal for those who find golden tickets inside boxes.

But COVID-19 put a dent in all of those high-end plans. However, Topps revealed today what it's intending to do.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, the hobby's bot problem, ranking MLB rookies and more in today's edition.

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What: 2020 Leaf Metal Joe Montana Collection
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: One encased autograph per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: "Joe Cool" gets a release that's all about him with nothing but autographs to be found with plenty of parallels and chase in the mix, too.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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YourDozen.com is back and you have until kick0ff on Sunday afternoon to get your NFL Week 3 picks and predictions in.

It's a mix of stat questions and predictions of who will win. This week's prize is TBD.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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What: 2021 Topps Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: May 26
Box basics: Two autographed Relics -- or one auto Relic and a 1/1 Relic -- per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Sterling takes the field for another season with the format that it used in 2020 -- a two-pack high-end edition that's nothing but hits.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, 1989 Donruss, "investments," NBA steals and it's not a Project 2020 card, but ...

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What: 2020-21 Topps Chrome Bundesliga soccer
Arrives: April 21
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist added: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a third season on the pitch so Bundesliga German soccer fans can chase autographs and Refractor parallels for their favorite stars -- this time with more basic color for the basics and rarer finds with the parallel ink.

Keep reading for more as well as a gallery of images.

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The box: 2019 Topps WWE NXT wrestling cards (hobby)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com ... click here for other WWE boxes

Keep reading to see a full breakdown and gallery of highlights from this one.

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